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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Making more of the C standard library mandatory for freestanding implementations
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 21:34:02 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2020-05-06, Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> wrote:

> Am 06.05.2020 um 22:36 schrieb Philipp Klaus Krause:
>
>> Yes, but one benefit of standardization is providing a baseline of
>> functionality that C programmers can target.
>
> [...]
>
> I very much doubt there's a need for more named levels.  And even if
> there were such a need, there's simply no way people would ever
> agree on where, exactly, those levels should be.

The arguments about "printf" alone would take decades and cost
thousands of lives.  :)

--
Grant